Sanjeev Bhaskar Quotes
Because of my Asian-ness, I couldn't be anonymous - what I said, what I ate, what I did at the weekend were startlingly different to what everyone else did. I was also a performer, quick and chameleon-like, good at accents, so that made me stand out.
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Traditionally, open-minded secular liberal rationalists have not made a case for tolerance.
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I really like this trend of songwriting that is honest and intelligent and serious and longing.
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I love to see women who are comfortable in their skin and dress to suit their body - that looks fabulous because it's authentic.
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I'm an artist at heart.
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To play something which is a big spectrum is so much more fun, so much more of a challenge.
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I went to this one in Ohio, and then I became a counselor there, and it was just the most fun thing. I was so depressed when I came home from camp.
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A good composer does not imitate; he steals.
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In many films, as many different characters, I've killed many different people.
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There's more to life than physical and material.
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I want to reach the heights of stardom beyond my imagination.
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You just can't bifurcate bitcoin currency from the technology. Bitcoin will always need a monetary base.
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A theory can be proved by experiment; but no path leads from experiment to the birth of a theory.
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At the time, when you're being dissected and judged it's pretty brutal, but in hindsight it's great and - it sounds cliched - you do come out the other side better and stronger.
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I believe in pay for performance.
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Economics is extremely useful as a form of employment for economists.
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The proliferation of mobile broadband networks combined with local area hot spots is bringing the dream of seamless and ubiquitous connectivity closer to reality.
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Everybody can cook. You don't have to do anything fancy. You can do a nice antipasto spread with sardines, anchovies, some meats, marinated vegetables, fruits, cheese, nuts, and crackers.
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Because of my Asian-ness, I couldn't be anonymous - what I said, what I ate, what I did at the weekend were startlingly different to what everyone else did. I was also a performer, quick and chameleon-like, good at accents, so that made me stand out.
